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Grand Theft Auto III

2001 · Action-adventure, Racing, TPS, Simulation, Sandbox · PC, Mac, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 4, Xbox, iOS, Android · Take-Two Interactive

Grand Theft Auto III is ranked no. 211 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,791 and 67% of duels won.

World rank

no. 211

ELO score

1,791

Wins

67%

Duels played

852

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About Grand Theft Auto III

Featuring a fully 3-D living city, a combination of narrative driven and non-linear gameplay and a completely open environment, Grand Theft Auto III represents a huge leap forward in interactive entertainment. For the first time, players are put at the heart of their very own gangster movie, and let loose in a fully-realised 3 dimensional city, in which anything can happen and probably will.

With a cast of hundreds, 50 plus vehicles, ranging from sports cars to ice cream trucks and from boats to buses, 3 hours of music, including opera, reggae, house, drum and bass, pop and disco, a huge array of street ready weapons and some of the seediest characters in video game history, Grand Theft Auto 3 is a sprawling epic which will show you that sometimes, crime can pay and sometimes it can pay you back. Available now for PlayStation2, Xbox, PC and Macintosh.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,791 ELO points over the last 123 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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The games Grand Theft Auto III sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 208 Garry's Mod 1,792
  2. 209 Rayman 2: The Great Escape 1,792
  3. 210 Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King 1,792
  4. 211 Grand Theft Auto III 1,791
  5. 212 Star Wars: Battlefront II 1,791
  6. 213 Chrono Cross 1,791
  7. 214 The Walking Dead 1,790

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  1. IronKnight2004

    So my brother and I used to take turns causing chaos in the city while the other watched and laughed way too hard.

  2. NovaWolf1994

    I keep hearing it's the one that changed everything, and I don't doubt the impact, but I'm not sure it plays as well now as people remember, maybe I just came to it too late.

    Marina_8

    Esas historias de jugarlo a escondidas me hacen acordar tanto a lo mío, yo también me metía en líos por quedarme hasta tarde con él.

    PedroHunter

    Siempre listo para comparar con lo que vino después y siempre perdiendo esa comparación, ya cansa un poco este mismo debate.

  3. RogueNinja97

    Vice City just aged better in almost every way that matters.

  4. AnastasieByte

    Est-ce qu'on ne surestime pas un peu ce jeu juste parce qu'il a ouvert la voie ? Techniquement il accuse clairement son âge face aux épisodes suivants, non ?

    Coop_Ferrer

    Al final estos debates de clasificación siempre terminan en lo mismo, cada quien vota por el que jugó primero.

  5. GhostHunter10

    Le atribuyen demasiado solo por haber llegado primero a la fórmula en tres dimensiones.

    Samuel_75

    Decir que solo ganó por llegar primero es injusto, ninguna de sus secuelas hubiera existido sin lo que resolvió acá.

    IrenePlayer

    Yo lo jugué a ratos, nunca lo terminé del todo, y aun así entendí enseguida por qué cuenta tanto.

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